Table 1.
Baseline demographic profile of the study subjects (n=100)
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Age (yr) | |
| <20 | 16 (16) |
| 20–35 | 63 (63) |
| >35 | 21 (21) |
| Type of family | |
| Nuclear | 56 (56) |
| Joint | 44 (44) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 71 (71) |
| Single | 29 (29) |
| Education | |
| Illiterate | 19 (19) |
| Primary | 10 (10) |
| Secondary | 26 (26) |
| Graduate and above | 45 (45) |
| Socioeconomic status | |
| Lower | 51 (51) |
| Middle | 44 (44) |
| Upper | 5 (5) |
| Fertility at the time of diagnosis | |
| Living child | 43 (43) |
| No living child | 28 (28) |
| Unmarried | 29 (29) |
| Type of cancer | |
| Ca ovary | 30 (30) |
| Ca breast | 25 (25) |
| Ca cervix | 11 (11) |
| Lymphoma | 17 (17) |
| Ca endometrium | 7 (7) |
| Others | 10 (10) |
Values are presented as number (%).